भाव · 8th house
रन्ध्र भाव Randhra/Āyu Bhāva(Eighth house — depth, longevity and transformation)
| Purushartha | moksha |
|---|---|
| Classification | dusthana |
| Karakas | शनि Śani |
Longevity and the deep reserves of life-force, transformation and life's threshold passages, inheritance and the partner's resources, research and the occult, hidden matters, chronic themes. The Vedic 8th is the house of what lies beneath: planets here gain investigative depth and regenerative power, and its crises are read as initiations with real inheritances — material and spiritual — on the far side. (Tarasetu does not use this house for death prediction.)
Cited fromBPHS, Chs. 11–23PhaladeepikaParāśari tradition
ग्रह · Each graha in the 8th house
Sources
- BPHS, Chs. 11–23Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (attrib. Maharshi Parashara), Chs. 11–23 (97-chapter recension, R. Santhanam ed.): 'Judgement of Bhavas' and the effects of the twelve bhavas from Tanu to Vyaya. Sanskrit classic, public domain.
- PhaladeepikaMantreswara, Phaladeepika: bhava significations and the traditional house-karaka assignments. Sanskrit classic (medieval), public domain; synthesized in our own words.
- Parāśari traditionCommon Parashari timing doctrine — 'a dasha delivers what the chart promises, when it promises it' — shared across the classical corpus and traditional teaching, not attributable to a single shloka.